Malcolm Crowe: Do you ever talk to your mom about how things are with Tommy?Cole Sear: I don't tell her things.Malcolm Crowe: Why not?Cole Sear: Because she doesn't look at me like everybody else, and I don't want her to. I don't want her to know.Malcolm Crowe: Know what?Cole Sear: That I'm a freak.Malcolm Crowe: Hey... you are not a freak. Okay? Don't you believe anybody that tries to convince you of that. That's bullshit! You don't have to go through your life believing that. Okay?Cole Sear: You said the "s" word.Malcolm Crowe: Yeah... I know. Sorry.

Cole Sear: I walk this way to school with Tommy Tammisimo.Malcolm Crowe: He your best buddy?Cole Sear: He hates me.Malcolm Crowe: Do you hate him?Cole Sear: No.Malcolm Crowe: Did your mom set that up?Cole Sear: Yes.

Cole Sear: She wanted me to tell you...Lynn Sear: Cole, please stop...Cole Sear: She wanted me to tell you she saw you dance. She said, when you were little, you and her had a fight, right before your dance recital. You thought she didn't come see you dance. She did. She hid in the back so you wouldn't see. She said you were like an angel. She said you came to the place where they buried her. Asked her a question? She said the answer is... "Every day." What did you ask?Lynn Sear: Do... Do I make her proud?

Malcolm Crowe: In your dreams?Cole Sear: [shakes head no]Malcolm Crowe: While you're awake?Cole Sear: [nods]Malcolm Crowe: Dead people like, in graves? In coffins?Cole Sear: Walking around like regular people. They don't see each other. They only see what they want to see. They don't know they're dead.Malcolm Crowe: How often do you see them?Cole Sear: All the time. They're everywhere.